Who am I?

I am Catherine, a wife of nearly 30 years and mother to two young adults sons. I work full time as a financial consultant whilst building my life coaching for working parent’s business – Sponsored by Mum.

Yet, does this really describe who I am?

As a child/teen I knew I was the third child of five, a quiet child who didn’t like to get into trouble and liked to keep the peace. As a growing young adult, I found that at university I was fun with those who were in my inner circle. I liked to choregraph dances and enjoyed that self-expression. I also started writing to find my voice. I enjoyed being spontaneous and trying new things.

As a young married adult, I started to build a future and define who I was in this new space, alongside starting my career as an Accountant. I focused on learning how to be a wife and corporate person, learn the unspoken language as well as the knowledge to lead and training.

Then when I became a mother, the world shifted and my child became the focus. Who I was no longer spoken of. I continued to work full time and was a mother in the evenings, weekends and days off.

We all hear it about losing ourselves to parenthood, yet it is a very real experience for many. Our focus is rightly our children and making sure they have a safe and secure environment to grow up in. The main issue with this is when they start to leave, we no longer know who we are and can feel so lost and alone.

I have been there – felt the changes of no-longer being the needed one, no-longer running around for them and finding I now have time to do what I want. So, slowly I am finding out who I am now. We all change over time, yet I have found that I can still be the fun person with my inner circle. I can still be spontaneous and I love to be outside in nature walking or cycling. I love my boys and just hanging out with them or going on adventures together. I’m learning to step outside my comfort zone and try the scary things.

So, if you are in the middle of parenthood and cannot see who you are anymore – hold on. It will not be that way forever, once they are moving on to university or work life you will find you will have a chance to fully find yourself again. You are still there, just a bit wiser, and a few more scars but alive and living.  And if you want to explore more of who you are now – ask about my coaching hourly rates and packages.